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Ms Petra BAYR (Austria, SOC)

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Representative
Deputy
SPÖ

Parlament
AT - 1017 - Wien
Austria

Working language: English

Declarations of interests:
2026 , 2025 , 2024 , 2023 , 2022

Declarations of interest regarding election observations (if applicable)

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Mandates

In the political groups

  • Women’s Group Chairperson: Socialists, Democrats and Greens Group from 09/10/2023 to 19/04/2026
  • Member: Socialists, Democrats and Greens Group from 22/01/2018 to 08/10/2023
  • Member: Socialists, Democrats and Greens Group since 22/01/2018

In the Assembly

  • since 26/01/2026 Representative - Austria
  • from 22/01/2018 to 25/01/2026 Substitute - Austria

In the committee(s) and sub-committee(s)

  • President of the Assembly: Presidential Committee (since 26/01/2026)
  • President of the Assembly: Bureau of the Assembly (since 26/01/2026)
  • President of the Assembly: Standing Committee (since 26/01/2026)
  • Member: Committee on Rules, Ethics and Immunities (from 12/04/2025 to 25/01/2026)
  • Chairperson of the Committee on the Election of Judges to the European Court of Human Rights: Bureau of the Assembly (from 24/01/2024 to 25/01/2026)
  • Chairperson of the Committee on the Election of Judges to the European Court of Human Rights: Standing Committee (from 24/01/2024 to 25/01/2026)
  • Chairperson: Committee on the Election of Judges to the European Court of Human Rights (from 24/01/2024 to 25/01/2026)
  • General Rapporteur on combating racism and intolerance: Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination (from 25/01/2022 to 18/03/2024)
  • Full Member SOC: Committee on the Election of Judges to the European Court of Human Rights (from 24/01/2022 to 25/01/2026)
  • Chairperson: Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination (from 27/01/2020 to 23/01/2022)
  • Chairperson of the Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination: Bureau of the Assembly (from 27/01/2020 to 23/01/2022)
  • Chairperson of the Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination: Standing Committee (from 27/01/2020 to 23/01/2022)
  • Ex officio (Rule 44.1 of the Rules of Procedure): Committee on the Election of Judges to the European Court of Human Rights (from 27/01/2020 to 23/01/2022)
  • Member: (Former) Committee on Rules of Procedure, Immunities and Institutional Affairs (from 24/06/2019 to 11/04/2025)
  • Full Member: Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination (since 22/01/2018)
  • Full Member SOC: Committee on the Election of Judges to the European Court of Human Rights (from 22/01/2018 to 30/01/2020)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on Disability, Multiple and Intersectional Discrimination (from 23/01/2024 to 26/01/2026)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on Gender Equality (from 25/01/2022 to 27/01/2026)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on the Rights of Minorities (from 25/01/2022 to 22/01/2024)
  • Ex officio: Sub-Committee on Gender Equality (from 24/01/2022 to 24/01/2022)
  • Ex officio: Sub-Committee on the Rights of Minorities (from 24/01/2022 to 24/01/2022)
  • Ex officio: Sub-Committee on Disability, Multiple and Intersectional Discrimination (from 24/01/2022 to 24/01/2022)
  • Member: Sub-Committee on Ethics (from 24/01/2022 to 22/01/2023)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on Human Rights (from 22/03/2021 to 26/01/2026)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on the implementation of judgments of the European Court of Human Rights (from 22/03/2021 to 26/01/2026)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on Human Rights (from 28/01/2020 to 24/01/2021)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on the implementation of judgments of the European Court of Human Rights (from 28/01/2020 to 24/01/2021)
  • Ex officio: Sub-Committee on Gender Equality (from 27/01/2020 to 23/01/2022)
  • Ex officio: Sub-Committee on the Rights of Minorities (from 27/01/2020 to 23/01/2022)
  • Ex officio: Sub-Committee on Disability, Multiple and Intersectional Discrimination (from 27/01/2020 to 23/01/2022)
  • Chairperson: Sub-Committee on Gender Equality (from 07/03/2019 to 27/01/2020)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on Gender Equality (from 24/01/2019 to 27/01/2020)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on Disability, Multiple and Intersectional Discrimination (from 01/03/2018 to 29/01/2020)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on Human Rights (from 25/01/2018 to 22/01/2019)
  • Alternate of Ms Agnes Sirkka PRAMMER (Full Member): Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights (since 26/05/2023)
  • Alternate of Mr Michel REIMON (Full Member): Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights (from 27/01/2020 to 10/05/2023)
  • Alternate of Mr Andreas SCHIEDER (Full Member): Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights (from 22/01/2018 to 26/01/2020)

Interventions

Last speeches

02/10/2026 | 11:12:23 Thank you very much. The debate is closed. The next item on today's Agenda is the continuation of the debate on the Progress Report of the Bureau and the Standing Committee in Documentation 16484, Addendum 3. The Bureau has approved several references to Committees, set out in Addendum 3. These references must be submitted for ratification by the Assembly in accordance with Rule 26.3. Any objections successfully raised mean those references will be referred back to the Bureau. Are there any... 01/10/2026 | 15:36:50 The sitting is open. I remind members that in order to be registered for the sitting, you should insert your badge when you take your seat and keep it inserted for at least 30 seconds. You should also insert your badge in order to speak or vote. To request the floor, please press the "request" button once. The first item of business this afternoon is the debate on the report titled “The role of the OECD in evaluating the impact of artificial intelligence on the future of work” (Document 16472... 01/10/2026 | 12:48:39 Your Highness, Colleagues, Ladies and gentlemen, This morning, a prince and a young activist spoke in our Chamber. Quite a good diversity, I would say. And two generations, but one message. The climate crisis is not coming; it is here. And thank you all for contributing. I think I know that; also, reflecting on what you said, we all have homework to do. We all have to bring these debates from here back home and try to do as much as we can. And among that is also the resolution and the... 01/10/2026 | 12:32:18 Your Highness, It is a great honour to welcome you to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe. Your presence is a distinction for this Assembly, and it is a powerful statement of the values we share. A world that is more just, more sustainable and more peaceful. In June, at our Standing Committee in Monaco, we had the opportunity to start a conversation about exactly those topics, and we will continue it now in Strasbourg. Your Highness, you are known as a visionary leader and as... 01/10/2026 | 12:29:21 The debate is closed. The Committee on Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development has presented a draft resolution and a draft recommendation in Document 16493, to which no amendments have been tabled. We will now proceed to the vote of the draft resolution contained in this document. A simple majority is required. The vote is open. The vote is closed. I call for the results to be displayed. Thank you very much. The draft resolution is adopted. [Applause] We will now proceed to the...

Activities

Reports and committee opinions

17/03/2026 | Doc. 16361 | Report Procedure for the election of judges to the European Court of Human Rights 05/11/2025 | Doc. 16293 | Report Increasing members’ active participation in the work of the Parliamentary Assembly 24/06/2025 | Doc. 16211 | Report Women's rights in Europe – Progress and challenges 28/01/2025 | Doc. 16107 | Committee Opinion Challenge, on substantive grounds, of the still unratified credentials of the parliamentary delegation of Georgia 31/05/2024 | Doc. 15993 | Report Protecting women human rights defenders in Europe

Motions, Written Declarations, Questions

26/01/2026 | Doc. 16333 | Motion for a resolution Democratising the economy: a new frontier for democratic governance 26/01/2026 | Doc. 16331 | Motion for a resolution The convergence of extremist, autocratic and oligarchic threats to democracy in Europe 09/01/2026 | Doc. 16318 | Motion for a resolution Strengthening the affective and emotional dimension of comprehensive sexuality education to prevent and combat discrimination, hate crime and gender-based violence 23/12/2025 | Doc. 16313 | Written declaration The detention of Temirlan Sultanbekov 17/12/2025 | Doc. 16307 | Written declaration The detention of Rached Ghannouchi

Votes on adopted texts

03/10/2025 | Doc. 16240, vote on the draft text for recommendation Artificial intelligence and migration 03/10/2025 | Doc. 16252, vote on the draft text for resolution Ensuring Parliamentary Assembly members can travel freely to carry out their work 03/10/2025 | Doc. 16250, vote on the draft text for resolution Sexual violence against men and boys 03/10/2025 | Doc. 16240, vote on the draft text for resolution Artificial intelligence and migration 02/10/2025 | Doc. 16272, vote on the draft text for resolution Russia: new threats to European democracies